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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Qatar a Beneficiary of Saudi Khashoggi Debacle

Qatar a Beneficiary of Saudi Khashoggi Debacle

Doha (AFP) – Global diplomatic fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate may help Qatar in its political stand-off […]

David Harding

Iran
In Major defeat for Trump, Int'l Court of Justice Rules for Iran in Lifting Sanctions

In Major defeat for Trump, Int’l Court of Justice Rules for Iran in Lifting Sanctions

(TeleSur) – Iran brought a complaint to the ICJ on grounds that U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions violated the 1955 Treaty of Amity signed between […]

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Donald Trump
Far right urging of jailing of Political Rivals linked in History with Bombings

Far right urging of jailing of Political Rivals linked in History with Bombings

The mass right wing parties of Europe in the 1920s and 1930s were led by charismatic leaders who whipped up the hatreds of mobs by […]

Juan Cole

BDS
Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott

Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) called on the university to rescind the punishment

TeleSur

Israel
Israeli PM Netanyahu warns of Plot to Topple him, as Rivals charge Paranoia

Israeli PM Netanyahu warns of Plot to Topple him, as Rivals charge Paranoia

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state’s president and a former minister of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering […]

AFP

Green Transportation
Tesla’s Electric Car has Historic Quarter, seeks to conquer China & Europe

Tesla’s Electric Car has Historic Quarter, seeks to conquer China & Europe

San Francisco (AFP) – Electric car maker Tesla on Wednesday reported an “historic” quarterly profit driven by demand for its mass market Model 3, as […]

Glenn Chapman

War
All America’s Quagmires:  Why We’re still at War in so Many Countries

All America’s Quagmires: Why We’re still at War in so Many Countries

( Tomdispatch.com) – As America enters the 18th year of its war in Afghanistan and its 16th in Iraq, the war on terror continues in […]

William J. Astore

Qur'an
Juan Cole on "Muhammad: Prophet of Peace" @ Zero Hour (Video)

Juan Cole on “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” @ Zero Hour (Video)

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Juan Cole

Patriarchy
The real Mob?  Consider Kavanaugh, Trump and the other Spoiled Rich Gangbangers

The real Mob? Consider Kavanaugh, Trump and the other Spoiled Rich Gangbangers

By Robert Lipsyte | – – (Tomdispatch.com) – Brett Kavanaugh’s hellish Supreme Court fraternity pledge week offered many lessons, but the most powerful, if least […]

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